garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1231
arrow-up1231external-linkTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up48·2 years agoThe ocean is fantastically huge. This had to have happened in some standard/used channels of travel for them to be close enough to each other. Amazing.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up52·2 years agoOf course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.
minus-squarepgp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoThe ocean is huge, but these countries are neighbors, it’s not like a Canada submarine colliding with a south African one…
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoEven the English channel is vast in comparison to even the largest ships. It’s still ridiculously coincidental that this could happen.
minus-squarepgp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI am aware, but it’s not “fantasticly huge” as the ocean. Of course it’s still a remarkable coincidence, just not as remarkable.
minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOr they were following the same Russian sub.
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOf all the fishbowls in all the world…
The ocean is fantastically huge. This had to have happened in some standard/used channels of travel for them to be close enough to each other. Amazing.
Of course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.
The ocean is huge, but these countries are neighbors, it’s not like a Canada submarine colliding with a south African one…
Even the English channel is vast in comparison to even the largest ships. It’s still ridiculously coincidental that this could happen.
I am aware, but it’s not “fantasticly huge” as the ocean. Of course it’s still a remarkable coincidence, just not as remarkable.
Or they were following the same Russian sub.
Of all the fishbowls in all the world…